The United Kingdom has now joined other EU member states such as Belgium, Germany in imposing sanctions on Rwanda over the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This decision ...

The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has witnessed armed conflicts running for decades, with a recent onslaught by M23, a Rwanda ... richness of the DRC in coltan, cobalt, gold, diamonds ...

The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has entered a new and more destabilizing stage. A call for a pause in the fighting by leaders from the 8 member states of the East African ...

Closed banks, diverted trade routes, confusing customs decisions and border closures are not making life easier for EAC ...

Congo has one of the richest reserves of critical minerals in the world, including cobalt, copper, coltan, uranium and gold ... peace processes. Rwanda has leveraged the legacy of the 1994 genocide to ...

In the face of accusations of illegal exploitation in the DRC, Rwanda is organising a visit to its mines. At the invitation of the Rwanda Mines Board, France24 correspondent Juliette Montilly head ...

The European Union will reconsider its recent critical raw materials agreement with Rwanda ... DRC territory in late January. The incursion has focused on areas dense with mines for extracting ...

The case was brought by the DRC against Rwanda on 21 August 2023. The DRC alleges that Rwanda has violated the African Union’s main human rights treaty, the African Charter on Human and Peoples ...

In a statement, the Treasury said the two individuals and two entities were “linked to violence and human rights abuses” in DRC. “Today’s action underscores the need for Rwanda to return ...